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GENE PAIR [8 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2021-10-30
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Genetics
- Biotechnology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- recessive allele
1, record 1, English, recessive%20allele
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[The alternative form of a gene] that is incapable of expression unless it is carried by both members of a pair of homologous chromosomes. 2, record 1, English, - recessive%20allele
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Recessive alleles only show their effect if the individual has two copies of the allele (... homozygous [state]). For example, the allele for blue eyes is recessive, therefore to have blue eyes you need to have two copies of the "blue eye" allele. 3, record 1, English, - recessive%20allele
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Génétique
- Biotechnologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- allèle récessif
1, record 1, French, all%C3%A8le%20r%C3%A9cessif
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Forme alternative d'un gène] dont l'effet ne se manifeste que s'il est présent sur les deux chromosomes de la paire (état homozygote). 2, record 1, French, - all%C3%A8le%20r%C3%A9cessif
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] la caractéristique codée par un allèle récessif ne s'exprime que s'il est présent sur les deux allèles du gène. L'allèle qui code la couleur bleue des yeux est par exemple récessif. 3, record 1, French, - all%C3%A8le%20r%C3%A9cessif
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Genética
- Biotecnología
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- alelo recesivo
1, record 1, Spanish, alelo%20recesivo
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Gen que requiere la homocigosis para expresar su efecto fenotípico. 1, record 1, Spanish, - alelo%20recesivo
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Opuesto: alelo dominante. 1, record 1, Spanish, - alelo%20recesivo
Record 2 - internal organization data 2021-10-30
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Genetics
- Biotechnology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- dominant allele
1, record 2, English, dominant%20allele
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[The alternative form of a gene that] is capable of expression when carried by only one of a pair of homologous chromosomes. 2, record 2, English, - dominant%20allele
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dominant alleles show their effect even if the individual only has one copy of the allele (... heterozygous [state]). For example, the allele for brown eyes is dominant, therefore you only need one copy of the "brown eye" allele to have brown eyes (although, with two copies you will still have brown eyes). 3, record 2, English, - dominant%20allele
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Génétique
- Biotechnologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- allèle dominant
1, record 2, French, all%C3%A8le%20dominant
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Forme alternative d'un gène] dont l'effet se manifeste lorsqu'il est présent sur un seul des deux chromosomes de la paire (état hétérozygote). 2, record 2, French, - all%C3%A8le%20dominant
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Un allèle dominant est celui qui va laisser s'exprimer la caractéristique qu'il code. Il peut n'être présent que sur un seul allèle du gène. Par exemple, l'allèle codant la couleur marron des yeux est dominant. 3, record 2, French, - all%C3%A8le%20dominant
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Genética
- Biotecnología
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- alelo dominante
1, record 2, Spanish, alelo%20dominante
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Alelo cuyo efecto en relación con un carácter particular es el mismo en heterocigotos que en homocigotos. 1, record 2, Spanish, - alelo%20dominante
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Lo opuesto es recesivo. 1, record 2, Spanish, - alelo%20dominante
Record 3 - internal organization data 2013-11-15
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Genetics
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- recessive
1, record 3, English, recessive
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Descriptive of a trait or gene that is expressed in homozygous, but not heterozygous cells; a member of a pair of alleles that does not show its effect in the phenotype in the presence of any other allele. 1, record 3, English, - recessive
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Génétique
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- récessif
1, record 3, French, r%C3%A9cessif
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Se dit d'un gène dont la présence dans le génotype ne modifie le phénotype qu'en l'absence de tout allèle dominant. Se dit également du caractère phénotypique produit par ce gène. Ce caractère n'apparaît donc que lorsque le gène existe à l'état homozygote. 2, record 3, French, - r%C3%A9cessif
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Genética
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- recesivo
1, record 3, Spanish, recesivo
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2012-07-20
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Genetics
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- reversion
1, record 4, English, reversion
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- reverse mutation 2, record 4, English, reverse%20mutation
correct
- back mutation 3, record 4, English, back%20mutation
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A change in a nucleotide pair in a mutant gene that restores the original sequence and hence the original phenotype. 4, record 4, English, - reversion
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Génétique
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- réversion
1, record 4, French, r%C3%A9version
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- mutation inverse 2, record 4, French, mutation%20inverse
correct, feminine noun, standardized
- mutation réverse 3, record 4, French, mutation%20r%C3%A9verse
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Deuxième mutation qui restaure une fonction annulée par une première mutation. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.] 2, record 4, French, - r%C3%A9version
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Il existe trois catégories de réversion : les réversions vraies, les réversions par suppression intragénique et les réversions par suppression intergénique. Dans une réversion vraie, la seconde mutation a rétabli la structure initiale au niveau du gène touché par la première mutation. 4, record 4, French, - r%C3%A9version
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ces deux mutations ne sont pas forcément situées dans le même gène. [Observation reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.] 2, record 4, French, - r%C3%A9version
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
réversion; mutation inverse; mutation réverse : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR. 5, record 4, French, - r%C3%A9version
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Genética
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- reversión
1, record 4, Spanish, reversi%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
- mutación inversa 2, record 4, Spanish, mutaci%C3%B3n%20inversa
correct, feminine noun
- retromutación 2, record 4, Spanish, retromutaci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Restitución de un gen mutante a su condición nativa o, al menos, a una forma en la que expresa el fenotipo de tipo silvestre; de una forma más general, aparición de un carácter expresado por un antepasado remoto. 1, record 4, Spanish, - reversi%C3%B3n
Record 5 - internal organization data 2012-07-18
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Genetics
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- pleiotropy
1, record 5, English, pleiotropy
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The effects of a single gene or a pair of genes on more than one phenotype. 2, record 5, English, - pleiotropy
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Génétique
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- pléiotropie
1, record 5, French, pl%C3%A9iotropie
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Expression de plusieurs caractères différents à partir de l'information portée par un seul gène. 2, record 5, French, - pl%C3%A9iotropie
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Genética
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- pleiotropía
1, record 5, Spanish, pleiotrop%C3%ADa
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
- pleitropía 2, record 5, Spanish, pleitrop%C3%ADa
feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Efecto simultáneo de un determinado gen sobre dos o más caracteres aparentemente no relacionados. 3, record 5, Spanish, - pleiotrop%C3%ADa
Record 6 - internal organization data 2012-02-02
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Genetics
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- unit character
1, record 6, English, unit%20character
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A character or trait determined by a single gene or gene pair. 1, record 6, English, - unit%20character
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Génétique
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- caractère unifactoriel
1, record 6, French, caract%C3%A8re%20unifactoriel
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- caractère-unité 1, record 6, French, caract%C3%A8re%2Dunit%C3%A9
correct
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2003-09-19
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Genetics
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- dominant character
1, record 7, English, dominant%20character
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A character controlled by one member(the dominant allele) of a pair of allelic genes, that appears to the exclusion of a character controlled by the other allelic gene when both genes are present-so that the heterozygote and the homozygous dominant have the same phenotype... 2, record 7, English, - dominant%20character
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
... e.g. the genes controlling red flower colo(u)r and white flower colour in sweet peas constitute a pair of alleles, with the red flower colour dominant over the white. 2, record 7, English, - dominant%20character
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Génétique
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- caractère dominant
1, record 7, French, caract%C3%A8re%20dominant
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Caractère commandé par l'un des deux membres d'une paire de gènes allélomorphiques (l'allélomorphe dominant). 2, record 7, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20dominant
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
C'est l'aspect qui est apparent, à l'exclusion de l'autre aspect du même caractère commandé par l'autre allélomorphe, lorsque les 2 sont présents. Il en résulte que l'hétérozygote et le dominant homozygote ont le même phénotype. Par ex. les gènes qui commandent la couleur rouge ou blanche des fleurs de pois constituent une paire d'allélomorphes, et la couleur rouge est dominante par rapport à la couleur blanche. 2, record 7, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20dominant
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Genética
Record 7, Main entry term, Spanish
- carácter dominante
1, record 7, Spanish, car%C3%A1cter%20dominante
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 7, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Carácter que, entre dos alternativas, se manifiesta completamente en el híbrido entre dos líneas puras. 2, record 7, Spanish, - car%C3%A1cter%20dominante
Record 8 - internal organization data 1994-03-22
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Cytology
- Genetics
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- self-splicing intron
1, record 8, English, self%2Dsplicing%20intron
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Request for] funding to study the distribution and behaviour of a Group I intron found in the 25S rRNA gene of certain strains of Candida albicans [However] a number of the proposed experimental approaches ... do not take advantage of information that has been accumulating about this class of self-splicing introns over recent years .... 1, record 8, English, - self%2Dsplicing%20intron
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT
In vitro genetic analysis of the Tetrahymena self-splicing intron... We have now developed an in vitro selection and amplification system, and used it to analyse the self-splicing Tetrahymena ribozyme... A self-splicing intron in the small subunit rRNA gene of Pneumocystis carinii... Sequence requirements for branch formation in a group II self-splicing intron... The nrdB gene of bacteriophage T4 codes for the small subunit of ribonucleotide reductase and contains a 598 base pair self-splicing intron which is closely related to other group I introns of T4 and eukaryotes... Group II and nuclear pre-mRNAs introns share a common splicing pathway involving a lariat intermediate, as well as some primary sequence similarities at the splice junctions. In this work, we analyze the role of the conserved nucleotides at the first and penultimate positions(G1 and A886) of a group II self-splicing intron... [Source : PASCAL database]. 2, record 8, English, - self%2Dsplicing%20intron
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Cytologie
- Génétique
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- autoépissage d'intron
1, record 8, French, auto%C3%A9pissage%20d%27intron
masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
splicing = épissage : excision des séquences non codantes; autoépissage ou auto-dépistage : se dit du mécanisme d'excision des introns et de raboutage des exons au cours de la maturation des transcrits. 1, record 8, French, - auto%C3%A9pissage%20d%27intron
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS
[intron :] Toute séquence transcrite éliminée par épissage au cours de la maturation du transcrit primaire, donc non retrouvée dans le messager cytosolique mûr. Il n'existe aucune règle concernant la longueur et le nombre des introns et des exons. Ceux-ci varient considérablement d'un gène à l'autre. 2, record 8, French, - auto%C3%A9pissage%20d%27intron
Record 8, Key term(s)
- introns impliqués dans le processus/mécanisme d'autoépissage
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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